Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-15

r,orpirx foy the plsipt.ff for s1,225. This
has teen an Important case. Ii con-
sUineu three ertir4 days to try n. On tie
night Of Aux. Z, 1855, Il fearful rain etorlc
! sHep: over tho couutry and broke az EN-
! Gaakmcnt on tie ra!lrosd aud washed up
and OF l&pns bslO~, the efnbankment.
| Plaintiff sued for $500 aud received the
! eDJTe verdict. ihs railroad VIII carry
! the c1As - the Supreme Court. a num-
oer Of mill dams were broken by toe
same tresAst, :niuling and damaging the
! lgpd bsiOW them, an0 suits are pending
! agairst tho owners of the mill dame.
/ MEch Interest, therefore, was centred in
| the above case.
| TIE S0utlera Cadets of Macon have
been quietly AZ work on an affair that
will attract large crowd OF soldiers and
citizens to Macon on May %. Some time
ago the company decided to have prize
drill for :as benefit OF themselves and
their military friends. The matter was
brought TO tue attention of Col. G. NJ.
Wiley. Adit. Huguenin and Mayor Price,
and these gentlemen, desiring to encour-
age the military spirit, took entire con-
| troll of the movement. and now the drill
| is certainty. There are to be
four prizes, Jo-wit: 5000 for the
best drilled company, 500 for the
second best, $50 for the third best, and
$50 gold medal as an individual prize for
the best drilled soldier in the manual, In
Ntations have been sent out to twenty
companies in the State, and some OF them
have already accepted. The companies
entering the contest Will be required 10
present sixteen men, two guides and one
commissioned officer. The indications
point TO some ten or twelve companies be-
ing present, and ii is expected that in adj
ditioE TO several more than are required
for the drill, each company will have a
fall complement of friends. The Judges
for the occasion will be selected from the
various commands. The drill Will take
place in Base Ball Park.
saturday two negro bows, William
Henry and Monroe Powers, aged SbGut 10
and ID respectively, arrived at Macon on
wood wagon, aud reported that they
mad been cut by white hoy named Lory
Calhoun about three miles out on the
Houston road. William, who was Gu:
more severely, was taken into DR.. ". 9.
Glhzon's office, stripped ana hls wounds
eXR!nIued. He received thirteen sepa-
gate and distinct cuts on his parson, all Of
them ugly, but mono of them likely to
prove dangerous. Monroe was cut once
in the breast, but his coat gives evidence
OF some lively work with the knife.
From hall brother OF young Calhoun,
who did the cutting, the follow
ing facts are obtained: Loring,
aged 19, was blowing in the field;
William and Monroe were on n wood
wagon gong to town. On passing the
field where Calhoun was at work they
made some remark about the manner in
which he was blowing. One word brought
on another until the boys told Calhoun
to come out into the ROAD. AS ne got into
the road one Of the boys picked up
fence rail and the other a piece of a CHI
naberry limb and started toward him.
He drew his knife, and as they advanced
upon him he began to carve them, which
he did effectively. They then jumped
upon their wagon and rode into Macon to
have their wounds attended to.